Malignant gastric teratoma in an infant.
Malignancy in gastric teratomas is extremely rare. Such teratomas are widely accepted and treated as benign lesions. A malignant gastric teratoma treated by total excision is presented. According to our knowledge, this is the second case of gastric teratoma having a malignant histology.
Balik
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Tunçyürek
M
M
Sayan
A
A
Avanoğlu
A
A
Ulman
I
I
Cetinkurşun
S
S
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*